Thousands March in Washington to Protest Police Killings

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington on Saturday (December 13) to protest the killings of unarmed black men by law enforcement officers and to urge Congress to do more to protect African-Americans from what they say is unjustified police violence. Organizers said the event and a parallel march in New York City would rank among the largest in the recent wave of protests against the killings of black males by officers in Ferguson, Missouri, New York, Cleveland and elsewhere.

Some of the schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram have been reunited with their families. Twenty-one girls were freed on Thursday, more than two and a half years after they were kidnapped by the armed group. Some families have taken days to reach the capital Abuja to be reunited with their girls. (Al Jazeera English)

Patrol car video publicly released Thursday shows a white Austin, Texas, police officer violently throwing a black woman to the ground during a traffic stop, followed by another white officer telling her black people have "violent tendencies" and whites are justifiably afraid.

Hundreds of Kenyans gathered in the capital of Nairobi for the third consecutive Monday to urge the government to replace officials in the electoral oversight commission. Protesters say the country can't otherwise hold a free and fair general election next year. (VICE News)

A gun and bomb attack on Istanbul's Ataturk international airport has killed 36 people and injured more than 140 others, officials say. Three attackers began shooting outside and inside the terminal late on Tuesday and blew themselves up after police fired at them, officials say. (BBC News)

Iowa City police released video of officers searching University of Iowa football player Faith Ekakitie while seeking a robbery suspect. Ekakitie told police he was in the park playing Pokemon Go. An officer thanked Ekakitie for his cooperation.

Protesters demonstrate outside of Dillard University's Georges Auditorium on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 where former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke participated in a debate with other candidates for a U.S. Senate seat in New Orleans.

Obama's final speech to the public will continue a tradition set in 1796 when George Washington addressed the American people for the last time as president. It will be followed by a "family reunion" for alumni of Obama's former campaigns, according to a save-the-date sent to alumni.